[ltp] TP600E and extra hard drive

[David]

Here is my fstab. I did have auto instead of no auto. After I changed that to
noauto I can boot without complaint, but I still cannot mount the drive.

David 



/dev/hda2            /                    reiserfs   acl,user_xattr        1 1
/dev/hda1            /windows/C           vfat       users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
/dev/hda3            swap                 swap       pri=42                0 0
/dev/hdc1	     /media/multimedia    vfat       noauto,user           0 0
devpts               /dev/pts             devpts     mode=0620,gid=5       0 0
proc                 /proc                proc       defaults              0 0
usbfs                /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      noauto                0 0
sysfs                /sys                 sysfs      noauto                0 0
/dev/sda1            /media/iPod          vfat       noauto,user,rw        0 0
/dev/cdrom           /media/cdrom         subfs      noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0



wes schreiner wrote:

> David wrote:
>
>> I have a slide in drive bay that holds a 2.5" hard drive. This slides 
>> into the slot on the front where the diskette drive or cd rom drive 
>> also fit. I am using SuSE 9.3.  When I use the computer with the 
>> diskette drive or cd it is detected and can be used like any other 
>> drive. When I put the hard drive in place it is detected after I add 
>> an fstab entry for it. When this entry is in place and I boot the 
>> computer the initialization fails with something to the effect a 
>> partition is missing that is not root and the pad will only boot to a 
>> command line. If I rem the fstab entry out the pad will boot fine. 
>> Can anyone enlighten me on the proper way to have this drive 
>> detected? Another thing is if when I try to mount it manually it is 
>> not found.
>>
>> David
>
>
>
> You should show us what you have in fstab, it's a lot easier for us to 
> then tell you what to change.  Also the actual messages from the 
> kernel will help us see exactly what is going on.
>
> I use a second hard drive in my 600E from time to time, and I don't 
> have to mess with anything when I cold swap in the CD drive or even 
> the floppy.  For the second drive in my fstab I have:
>
> /dev/hdc1   /aux   ext3   defaults,noauto   0   0
>
> /aux is the mount point I have for the single partition that is on the 
> second hard drive.  The "noauto" means that I have to manually issue a 
> "mount /aux" command as root when I have the drive in and want to use it.
>
> For the cdrom I have the usual:
>
> /dev/cdrom   /cdrom   iso9660   defaults,user,noauto   0   0
>
> where /dev/cdrom is symlinked to /dev/scd0.  Again because of the 
> "noauto" I have to issue "mount /cdrom" when I want to use a data CD.
> Because of the "noauto" at boot time there are no complaints.  Since I 
> only cold swap the drives they are already there at boot time, and get 
> detected as usual when the ide drivers load, which for me are compiled 
> into the kernel.
> wes
>
>